Brasserie Cantillon Kriek

Kriek

 

Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lambic Style - Kriek Regular
Score
7.83
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 383
Our sour cherries, which are certified organic, come from Turkey. The fruit is blended with lambic that is on average 20 months old, the proportion being 200 g of fruit per litre of beer. Since sour cherries have a very pronounced taste it is necessary to select a lambic that has enough character so that it will be a good match for the fruit. After soaking for two to three months, the lambic has extracted the full colours, fragrances and flavours of the sour cherries. At that point it is blended with one-year-old lambic, which contributes the sugars necessary for secondary fermentation in the bottle.

We only use fresh fruit and, as is the case for wine, Cantillon beers can be referred to in terms of vintages. Prevailing weather conditions have a major impact on the ripeness and quality of the fruit, and this is why the taste of the brewery’s fruit-based beers will differ slightly from one year to the next.
 

Sign up to add a tick or review

Join Us


     Show


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Draft at the Cantilon brewery. Too sour and not sweet enough for my tastes. Pass.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2025 at 00:48


8

Oudje nog even opentrekken, enorm veel kersenpitten, veel amalndel, kers, goed zuur ook, trekt de gehele boel bij elkaar, desondanks nog goed te soen

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2025 at 15:44


9.1
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

2014 bottle shared by AdamC on 5/21/16.
Been a while since I’ve had this one and it’s every bit as delightful as remembered. Stiff acidity but still overall fairly mellow. Cherry flavor is pure bliss, with a superb mix of critter and yeast notes. Very light wood. Same perfect texture as remembered; tight, engaging carbonation. Having had some less than exciting samples of fou foune and RdG, it’s nice to see this one still lovely as ever.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2025 at 12:23


9.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

On draught, July 2005 at Redbones. Chalk up one more draught Cantillon experience. And a fantastic one at that. Beautiful color and aroma, even in a bar, with boisterous cherries deliciously confronted with sour bacteria and light wood notes. Must have just been put on because it was tremendously fresh, with no thinning/oxidation whatsoever. Light cherries mingle with dry wood, heavy horseblanket and a distinct and crisp sourness, very refreshing and drinkable. I had 3 glasses it was so good!

Tried from Draft at Redbones on 18 Mar 2025 at 12:22


9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

2003 bottle Wonderful color and head retention, but much less puckering than remembered. I need to have more will-power to hold on to these things longer.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2025 at 12:15


9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

1998 375mL bottle sampled 3/24/04 Kick ass, a 6 year old lambic! Wonderful light pink, like a blush wine yet hazier. As more sediment gets mixed in, it darkens in to a muddy cherry-brown. A good bubbly off-white head perches atop throughout. Immediately upon decorking, it smells of sulfur!!! Interesting. Quickly develops in to some dry band-aid phenols, some light tart cherries and a big yeast kick. Vinegar and fruitiness not dominant in the smell. The cherries allow for huge complexity in the nose, combining fruit esters and acid with the normal funkiness of cantillon products. Amazingly dry, but even more amazing, is the medium-full body. For something so dry, tart and seemingly light, this has a wonderful chewy mouthfeel and big flavors. Yeast is huge, and the cherries are there, but it is a complement to the gueze-like flavors, not the main show. Tart, no artificial/syrupy flavors, and wonderfully complex. Blue cheese on the finish, and a big bite of balsamic vinegar. The flavors just wrap around your palate and stick in a delightfully flavorful way. Cracked, old dry leather comes to mind. I wish I had tried more lambics before sampling this, and I will admit to it being extremely dry, but still, it’s so much better than sugary, syrupy and cloying. This stuff just screams with quality and in all, I didn’t find it too dry. Definitely a big fan of cantillon after trying this. Can’t wait to try the lou pepe kriek.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2025 at 12:13


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Tap at Moeder Lambic. Vicces, hogy ilyen sokaig tartott, mire megkostoltam vegul, mikozben az egyik alapvetese a fozdenek. Mint olyan, talan nem is a legizgalmasabb a felhozatalbol, de annyira kerek, balanszos es a szam ize szerint valo, hogy mindez pont nem is szamit.

Tried from Draft on 10 Mar 2025 at 09:07


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

pour a beautiful deep red with a nice pink head. aroma is all cherries, very nice. flavour is nice and tart with alot of cherries and brett

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 05:32


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Aroma of tart cherry, tart fruit, barnyard funk, vinegar, oak. Flavour is incredibly intense sourness with an equally remarkable dry finish. Drinking this Kriek was like an epiphany.

Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 13:40


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Аромат хороший, в меру яркий для стиля, вони от хлева с сеном не так много, а действильно ягоды на первом плане, вишня и как будто малинки добавили слегка, от этого кислинка, немного терпкости от листвы. Цвет полу мутный как у морса. Во вкусе снова черешня и малина, без косточек, именно сами ягоды. Кислинка достаточно сильная при глотке с лимонной ноткой. Немного сена все же есть, но по минимуму, немного терпкости снова. В целом хорошо как всегда у Кантиена.

Tried on 07 Feb 2025 at 06:03